Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Harvard MBA Degree Earns Romney ‘C-’ on Tax Plan (Washington Post)
By Staff WriterSo far, Romney's economic vision has hardly stepped beyond a 30 percent corporate tax break -- something even Obama has pondered.
January 20, 2012
New York Life Promotes Blunt, KimNew York Life Insurance Co. announced Friday that its insurance group and its investments group will be now run by two executive vice presidents, Chris Blunt and John Kim, respectively.
January 20, 2012
Romney Makes a Classic Wealth Management MistakeMitt Romney earned a fortune at Bain Capital, and while much has been made of the 15% he paid in taxes last year, the reality is that he could have avoided even more in taxes had he used a Roth IRA.
January 20, 2012
New York Life Rolls Out Company ReorganizationNew York Life Chairman and CEO Ted Mathas says in a prepared statement that the alignment streamlines the business groups for improved coordination and efficiency. A spokesperson adds the reorganization aim to sharpen the companys strategic focus, create a less hierarchical structure, and empower future leaders by widening spans of...
January 20, 2012
Tough Times for Annuity ProvidersLow interest rates remain the biggest challenge. Thats the assessment of Ernst & Youngs Doug French.
January 19, 2012
Defy Popular Perception: Overcome the Life Insurance TabooThough it has fallen out of favor, life insurance remains an important financial planning tool.
January 19, 2012
The Stanford Ponzi Scheme: A Big, Black Eye for the SEC?Allen Stanford will soon go on trial for a Ponzi scheme. At least one critic believes it will give the SEC and FINRA a bigger black eye than Madoff.